On May 15, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Stefan Behnel wrote:

> Lisandro Dalcin wrote:
>> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote:
>>> Stefan Behnel wrote:
>>>> the large number of major changes in cython-devel induces a  
>>>> number of
>>>> merge
>>>> conflicts in cython-unstable. I'm very happy to see all those great
>>>> improvements all over the place, but could those who implemented  
>>>> them
>>>> please try to re-integrate them with the unstable branch?
>>> At least for what I should be doing: Because of time constraints  
>>> I need to
>>> keep focus on cython-devel myself; I'll be happy to merge next  
>>> week after
>>> the release is done.
>>
>> Well, in PETSc (not petsc4py) we have a rather strict rule. Any  
>> change
>> that goes to release-maint is immediately merged to -dev. But we  
>> never
>> introduce new features in release-maint.
>
> Yes, it's a lot easier to adapt changes right after applying them to a
> branch than to do so a couple weeks later when you happen to try a  
> merge.
> Plus, the latter increases the chance that others stumble into  
> merge hell
> for you.
>
>>> I don't think what's happened in -devel is a blocker for anything  
>>> that
>>> should happen in unstable the next week?
>
> I agree that there are no blockers for cython-unstable currently,  
> and I was
> merely saying that I won't be the one who will do that merge. But  
> I'm also
> suggesting that those who applied these changes should feel  
> responsible for
> getting them applied to all three active branches.

If I have time, I'll try my hand at it later tonight.

- Robert


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